Pliers



R. H. OWEN.

PLIERS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 6. 1918.

1,341,193. Patented May 25, 1920.

1. II V/ 6 Witnes Inventor V by Attorney;

of North Carolina, have invented a new RICHARD H. OWEN, OF LEXINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA.

PLIEBS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 25, 1920.

Application filed June 6, 1918. Serial No. 238,518.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, RICHARD H. Owen, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lexington, in the county of Davidson and State and useful Pliers, of which the tlollowing is a specification.

The subject matter of this invention is a pair of pliers and the objects of the invention are, first to provide a pair of pliers which maybe easil adjusted to different sizes of work, secon to provide means for cuttting wire, third, to provide a screw driver, fourth, to provide a simple and ellicient pair of pliers.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter de; scribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

A practical embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure l is a side elevation of the device.

Fig. 2 is a view in elevation of the device viewed from the opposite side.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of l i 1.

Tleferring to the drawings by numerals of reference The pliers consist of a relatively wide arm 1 and a narrow arm 2 provided with the gripping jaws 3 and 4 respectively. The jaw end of the arm 1. is provided with a longitudinal slot 5 formed with enlargements as shown. The upper end of the slot 5 terminates adjacent the jaw 3 of the arm The jaw end of the arm 2 is apertured to receive a pin 6 which is flattened on opposed longitudinal faces so that when the arms are brought to their extreme opened position the pin will slide freely in the slot 5, but when the arms are in any other posltion (the pin will enter one of the enlargements of the slot and hold the arms pivoted at that point. hen the upper end of the slot 5 engages the pin (5, it will be noted that the jaw 4c of the arm 2 may be swung to a position where it will be disposed along the wide face of the arm 1 and will not intersect or extend beyond the forward longitudinal edge of the arm 1, whereby the pliers may be more readily engaged with its work.

Notches 7 and S are provided in the head ends of the arms 1 and 2 respectively and these notches may be brought into alinement to receive a wire and clip the same; the contiguous edges of the notches being sharpened for this purpose. A notch 9 may also be provided in the arm 2, as shown, and the edge of such notch cooperates with the rear edge of the arm. 1. to clip wire or the like.

The handle end of the arm. 1 is drawn to an edge as seen at 10, for the purpose of forming a screw driver.

It is thought that the operation of the device will be amply undcrstood from the foregoing description. without any special or extended description thereof.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and sought by Letters Patent, is

In a device of the kind described, a pair of pivoted shanks including handles and cooperating jaws, means for pivotally connecting the shanks to permit the jaws to be adjusted with relation to each other, one of the shanks having av notch formed in one of the edges thereof, said notch cooperating with the rear edge of the adjacent shanl: for providing clippers, the relative positions of the iiotch, its cooperating cutting edge, and the jaws are such that cutting ttOtlOo. will be permitted throughout the range of adjust ment of the distance between the jaws.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

RICHARD H. OWEN.

Witnesses:

IVY E. SIMPSON, WM. N. ROAGH, Jr. 

